Stephen Randall (political scientist)


Stephen James Randall, is a history professor at the University of Calgary, director of the University of Calgary's Latin America Research Centre, author, academic, civil-right advocate, oil policy expert, and more recently a progressive political activist.

Academic

Randall's scholarship has focused on oil policy, Canada-United States relations, and inter-American relations.

Personal

Randall was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1944. He and his wife, Dr. M. Anne Katzenberg, live in Charleswood Heights in Calgary, Alberta.

Human Rights, Civil Liberties

He founded the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties association as its first president. Working for the United Nations, the Carter Presidential Centre and the Organization of American States, Stephen ensures elections are run fairly, builds communities and helps people in developing countries find a way out of poverty. He has worked on elections in Cambodia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, El Salvador and Jamaica over the past twenty years.

Honours

Randall is a fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute and an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Political activism

On January 7, 2011, Randall was nominated as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Calgary Centre-North for the 41st Canadian federal election.

Electoral record

Selected publications

John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall Canada and the United States : ambivalent allies, Athens : University of Georgia Press